Autumn: watching the trees turn and the falling leaves accumulate
in windfall; winter plants beginning to bloom in our Mediterranean climate; thousands of birds migrate overhead in the Pacific Flyway as they go south….the changing seasons,
a turn in time. Today, I saw a wonderful sign of spring….seed pods that were brilliant
orange flowers just weeks ago. Seeds that will generate in the winter rains and
produce another kind of beauty when the days are long again.
A good model and impetus for looking seriously at what
works, what is no longer relevant or applicable, and what can be modified in
the contemplative shorter days of winter. Some days are less fulfilling now ─ a
clear indication that plans and processes need revision.
Change
direction: fairly easy to say and so very difficult to do….at least
at this stage of my life.
Nature is very good at teaching lessons about change. But, I agree, sometimes a shift in direction doesn't happen overnight. I like the fact that you can enjoy "winter plants," Duff. Here in Breckenridge, it has snowed steadily for the past couple days. All my seeds have blown in the blustery wind to their new resting places. Now, there is the purity of white. It makes me very contemplative.
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